Carpet sweeper and cleaner.



- J.M. SPAN'GLER. ACAR-PBT SWEEPER AND CLEANER.

.A PPLIOATION FILED FEB.3,1909'.

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

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JAMES M. sPANGLER, or CANToN, oHIo-,jl'AssIGNoR To THE ELECTRIC sUCTIoN SWEEPER-` COMPANY, OE'NEW BERLIN, oHIo, A CORPORATION or oHIo.

CARPET sWEEPE'R AND CLEANER. .I

Cleaners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the Alo accompanying drawing, making a part of this specificatiomand to the numerals of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 isa vertical section showing a side elevation of the motor. Fig. 2 is av detached perspective view ofthe flexible brush bar. Fig. 3 is a bottom or underside 4view of the disk showing the position of the intake wire. F ig. 4.- is a view showing a portion of the disk in section and illustrating the outer end of one of the intake-wires. Fi 5 is a .horizontall section on the line 5-5 o Fig. 1.

` The present invention has relation to carpet sweepers and cleaners and it consistsin the novel arrangement hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in theclaims'.

ISimilar numerals of 'reference indicate correspondingrpa-rts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the top fofthe fan chamber, to which the fan casingl2`is attached. To the top 1 is attached lthe motor 3 by means of a suitable ring-1 1L orYV its equivalent. The motor' shaft 5 is extended downward and through i the fan chamber proper', towhich shaft is fixedly mountedthe hub' 6 frornwhich hub Y extends the fan-arms 7, which arms are pro-A vided'withth usual fan blades 8. Below the hub 6 and upon the motor shaft 5 is se- 40 ourely attached the elastic brush bar 9 by means ofthe'hub lO'and-the set screw 11 or its equivalent. .The bar 9is formed of flexible material, preferably spring steel and the middle or center portion of said brush bar curved upward as illustrated inv'Figs. 1 and 2. 4To the elastic brush-bar 9 are'attached the brushes 12- and for the purpose of providing means for holdingsaidbrushes, the' i 'brush-'holding' heads 13 are provided, which 5`0brushholding lheads are. attached to .the

yelastic brush bar9 bysuitable-'screws 14 or s V`their `eqiiivalents,- 'Dinectly'below the .elastic vbruslrlar" 9 lis'locatd the disk'l, which disk isv` rotatably mounted upon the motor l sha-ft by means'of the spider land the Applicativi mea February 1909. serial No. 475,782.

ends.

Specification of Letters Patent: i Patented. Sept. 28, 1909- hub'17, said disk being securely attached to the spider 16 in vany convenient and well known manner.

The disk l15', is provided with series of apertures' 18, through which apertures the 60 brushes 12 extend as best illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the bottom or sweeping ends of the brushes 12 are brought ntovposition to come within direct contact with the carpet or other surface over and' upon which the 65 sweeper proper is moved. The disk 15 serves the purpose' of preventing-the undue lifting T orupward movement of the carpet or rugs or 4other floor covering and at the same time serves the purpose of holding the ,70 brushesl l2 against undue yielding movement, or in other words by placing the brushes 12 through the apertures 18 they are held at points. below the top or connected 75 It is well understood vthat in the operation of'sweepers of thiskind it is necessary'- to pass the sweeper' over surfaces having dif ferent .horizontal planes, as for instance` passing the sweeper from the surface of a waxed or uncovered floor to and upon the Surface of a rug, the horizontal plane varies,

` but byproviding the elastic brush bar 9, the

outer ends of said bar are free to move up and down, thereby, allowing the brushes 12 85'l to be moved upward, but at the same time maintaining the proper amount of frictional contact or sweeping contact'of the brushes 12, regardless of the changing or varying of the horizontal planes or the surfaces over 90 andupon'which the sweeper is passed. As the fan blades 8 are rotated within their chamber, air is taken .in through the central opening 19' formed in the disk 15 and betweenth'e periphery of saidvdisk and the 95 inner surface .of the casing carrying with it the dust and dirt taken from 'the surface lover and upon which the sweeper is passed.

i'. l will move m the direction of motion, there- I' These wires are so formed'that as ,they ro.

tate they will 'have atendency to move the articles toward the central opening 19 which `central opening is formed in the disk l5.

These wires are connected to the disk 1 5 or .'to the spider 16 as desired. The wires l2l extend'frorn points at or near the opening 19,

outwardly and. upwardly and are curved in suchva directionthat their concaved edges r bymoving any articles that may come in f vContact with said. wires toward the centralvi2() any partof thejcarpetbr rugs their outer opening 19. It will be understood that after '.anyheavy orcoarse articlehas passed under .-the'disk -15 and reached the opening '19,

j Athe same will I -tion of'thefan.

' For the purpose of preventing the outer i fan cas111g, a motor carried by the fan cas,-

4be liftedupward by the suce ends ofthe curved intake wires 21 engaging endsare curved upward vso as to bring them Y out of direct contact -or close relationship sweeper is provided-with the usual casters with v'the surface o v'er and upon-which the sweeper is moved.,

- For the purpose `of manipulating the sweeper, the'yoke 23 is provided, which is pivotallyattached .innthe usual manner and to which the h`andlef24-is c onnected,in anyconvenient land jwell known manner. The

25 and 26, but .the casters, yoke an'dhandle form no specific part "of the present invention. i.

For the purpose of permitting the elastic bar` 9 to be ,moved vertlcally upon the motorl shaft 5, the hubvIO is so connected to the shaft 5 that it .can be brought toward the hub 17 or toward the hub 6, by which arrangement the brush bar can be moved to or 'from the disk 15, so as 'tol adjust-the brush heads 12 yfrom 'time to time as they becomeA worn from use. Ino'rder to provide fory holding the bar9 v` in proper adjustment the set screw 11 is provided, which set screw is for the purpose of holding the hub 10 and the bar 9 at the desired point ofadjustment.'

It will be understood that in order to bring the disk into proper positionA withreference to the fan casing, said casing'V must be open and the disk located in the opening.-

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure lby Letters Patent, .is-

-1. .In a sweeper of the class described, a fan casing, a motor carried by the casing, a

l motorshaft having mounted thereon arms providedv with fan blades` a disk fixed upon Ithe motor shaft, an elastic brush bar mounted ons'aid shaftandpro'vided with brushes, the brushes extended through the disk, substantially. as and f'or the purpose specified.

2. In a sweeper of the class described, a fan casing, a motor carried by said fan casand a 'flange on saidcasing located between tended'below the surface of the disk, sub-i. v stantially 'as and for vthe purposespecifed.

elastic brush bar rotatable with the motorvr shaft, said brush bar provided with brushes the Abruslrbar and the fan blades,fsubstan vtially as and for the purpose specified,

3. In a 'sweeper' of the class described, a fan casing, a motor carried'by said fan cas rotatable `therewith fan blades, a rotatable disk located below the fan blades, said disk fixed upon the motor shaft, an elastic brush bar provided with brushes and the brtishes 4extended through thedisk, curved .wires located below the disk and rotatable therewith, substantially as andfor the'purpose specified.

4. In a sweeper ofthe .class described, a

ing, a motor shaft having `mounted thereon fan blades, a disk 'provided with av central opening -locatedjbelow the fan:blades,

' ing, a motor shaft having fixed thereto and said disk rigidly mounted upon the motor shaft, an. elastic brush bar-provided with brushes and the brushes extended through the disk'and curved outwardly and for- *l I wardly, extending. intake wires located be -low the disk, said intake wires being fixed upon' and rotatable with said disk, substantially as and for thepurpose specied.

5. In a Acarpet'sweeper of the class described, afan casing, a motor carried by the casing, said motor provided with a shaft, said shaft extended into the fan casing, fan

blades mounted upon themotor shaft, a disk'4 provided with apertures, said disk mounted upon the motor shaft, a brush bar provided with brushes, saidbru'shes located through the apertures `in the disk and the periphery ofsaid disk spaced from -the fan casing and a flange located above the space4 between the fan casing and the disk, substantiallyas and f for the purpose specified.

G. In a 'sweeper of the class describe-d, afan casing, a motor supported bythe casing, a motor shaft, fans mounted -upon the shaft, a disk provided with a central opening and mountedl upon themotor shaft and a brush bar provided with brushes, saidbrushes ex- ."motor. shaft and a brush bar adjustably mounted upon the motor shaft, substantially las and for the purpose` specified. f

8. In a sweeper ofthe class described, la

casing, land a motor, a motor shaft, fan.

blades a/dapted tov be'amtuatedY by the motor shaft, a disk ylocated below the fan blades, an elastic brush bar provided with a central upward curved portion, said portion being mounted upon the motor shaft, brushescurried by said brush bar, said brushes cntended below and through the disk, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a sweeper of the class-described, a casing, and a motor, a motor shaft, fanblades-adapted to be actuated by the motor shaft, a disk located below the fan blades, an elastic brush bar provided With a central 'upward curved portion, said portion being ing, said fan easing provided with an open bottomA and a discharge opening, a motor4 shaft extended into the fan casing, said motor shaft having mounted thereon, fans, a disk, said disk' located in the open bottom of the casing, an ,elastic brush bar 'provided with' brushes and adapted to be moved upon the motor shaft to and 'from the disk and brushes located through the disk and cxtcnded below said disk, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l1. In -a sweeper of the class described, a fan casing, a motor carried by the fan cusving, said fan casing provided with an open bottom and a discharge openi-ng, a motor 'shaft extended into the fan casing, said motor-shaft having mounted thereon, fans, a disk, 'said disk located in the open bottom -ofthe casing, an elast-ic brush bar providedl with brushesand adapted to be moved upon the motor shaft to and from the disk, brushes located through the disk and extended below said disk, and intake wires fixed uponl and lrotatable with the disk, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4In testimony that I claim thc above, I

have'hereunto subscribed'iny naine in the presence'of two witnesses.

JAMES M. SPANGLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SroNsELm, 1F. W. BOND. 

